ISLAMABAD: A day after an intimate marriage ceremony which garnered hysterical media coverage, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and his better half, journalist Reham Khan on Friday drove to Mufti Saeed's madrassa to distribute food to children.

With Imran in the driving seat, the couple pulled up at the madrassa, to meet and share a meal with Mufti Saeed and the students.

Due to the recent Peshawar tragedy, Imran had decided against having a grand Valima ceremony and chose to distribute food to less privileged children.

Shireen Mazari earlier told Dawn, “Imran is in no mood to celebrate after the Peshawar tragedy,” Mazari added. “This is not a time to celebrate.”

While speaking to the media from the madrassa, Imran Khan mentioned that the wedding was planned for later, but due to ill-informed news going viral, he decided to go ahead with the wedding.

"Getting married was not my plan right now, I thought I would do it after the 20th," said Khan. "But because of the kind of stories that were spreading and ill-informed news about Reham Khan, I decided to get married sooner. So, I spoke to my children and got married," he added.

The PTI chairman also said that Pakistan should start a new tradition. Instead of spending huge amounts of money on weddings, people should make efforts to donate to the underprivileged.

On behalf of Imran Khan, PTI representatives also distributed food to orphans at a Sweet Homes centre in the capital.

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With 30 centres in 28 cities, Sweet Homes is a hostel for boys at night, a school during the day for both boys and girls and is home to 3,400 kids across the country. The centre is a project by Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal to provide a home for children affected by militancy in Northern Pakistan. The children are from Dera Bugti, Kashmir, Bannu and various parts of North Waziristan.